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You Become The Dawn

from Soft Commands by Ken Stringfellow

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Nothing to mourn, we die and die until
Until we're born, recast as forms
So pleasing to the soul

I never miss anyone
To me they're never gone
If that makes you uncomfortable, baby
Don't be too long

And now you're wondering if that song was the song you heard
When the form was just the word and the world was golden
And the only way to pray was to be cast as the dawn

Backwards in time, the rhyme within you was another child
Wanting to strive, but this time, not required
Wanting to try but not to the size of the role intended
You think it's ended, but it begins with each choice

And now you're wondering if that song was the song you heard
When the form was just the word and the world was golden
And the only way to pray was to be sung as the dawn

Kingdoms and criminals all under the same light
As dawn shall follow night
As fall shall follow flight

Sing yourself awake, call the winds into blowing
It's a wise child who finds this advice
First among many many many lives

And now you that the song that you heard
Has called your form in from the word
And the world is golden
You've become the dawn

And now you that the song that you heard
Has called your form in from the word
And the world is golden
You've become the dawn
You’ve become the dawn

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from Soft Commands, released July 13, 2004

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Ken Stringfellow Seattle, Washington

A fixture on the music landscape, indie and otherwise, since the debut of his band The Posies in 1988, Ken Stringfellow has over thirty-five years of experience as a performer, composer, producer, arranger, programmer and more. In addition to his eight albums with the Posies and four solo albums, Ken spent a decade touring and recording with R.E.M and 17 years with Memphis cult band Big Star. ... more

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